Alphabet Travels Around the World by Lydia Pournelle Steadham

By Lydia Pournelle Steadham

Alphabet Travels round the World has been a hard work of affection for colours, shapes, phrases, and particularly youngsters. it truly is was hoping the more youthful baby will reply to the brilliant colours and the rhythm of the phrases. and maybe the older baby can be encouraged to attempt their very own hand at layout or perhaps open an atlas! With phonetic pronunciation footnotes there on every one web page, even a tender reader can sound convinced and competent—even worldly! With a few of the letters I included colours or motifs reflective of 1 of where names: crimson tulips for the Netherlands, plaid with Scotland, sea and shells for islands, and so on. And a planned attempt was once made to incorporate position names from the continents in equivalent degree. As an avid reader myself i've got realized of many desirable areas in our exceptional international by means of "traveling" there through books and feature been lucky sufficient to go to a few in individual. The artwork and tradition of alternative areas is usually a global untapped for plenty of young children. with a bit of luck this...

A tough surroundings with a harsh Arctic weather has made existence for the Finns super hard. yet they've got triumph over greater than simply their setting. spiritual divisions that constructed among the Catholic and Orthodox church buildings additionally divided the rustic through the nice Schism. Later, the rustic used to be a battleground for combating among the old powers of Sweden and Russia.

An advent to the cooking of Hungary, together with recipes for such dishes as goulash, filled peppers, and paprika chook. additionally discusses the geography and background of this important ecu state.

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Lydia Pournelle Steadham was born, reared, educated, and married in Atlanta, Georgia, earning a degree in English Literature from Georgia State University. She and her husband, Roy, subsequently lived in Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; and currently reside in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Each of these places offered wonderful opportunities to develop and refine her skills as a watercolorist and even to pass on this love of the medium to others, privately and in a classroom.